The HSA’s latest data on fatal workplace injuries confirms a major success – in 2024, Ireland recorded its lowest-ever rate of work-related deaths. According to the HSA, the fatality rate per 100,000 workers dropped from 2.7 in 2015 to just 1.2 in 2024. In total, 33 workers lost their lives in workplace incidents last year…
Reinforcing Safety Culture – Lessons from from the HSA’s Recent Prosecution
The recent prosecution by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) of Irish Packaging Recycling Unlimited Company serves as a stark reminder of the very real human and organisational costs when safety systems fail. The company has been fined €650,000 following a fatal incident at its recycling plant in Finglas. (Health and Safety Authority) At Trant…
HSA case demonstrates importance of pedestrian & traffic management systems.
A recent HSA case has once again demonstrated the importance of pedestrian and traffic management systems in the workplace. A West Cork timber company has been fined €90,000 for breaches of health and safety regulations that came to light in the course of an investigation by the Health and Safety Authority into a fatal workplace…
Self-employed Account for Over 50% of work-related fatalities in 2020
More than half of all people who died in work-related incidents in 2020 were self-employed. That’s according to the Health and Safety Authority’s latest Annual Review of Workplace Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities. There were a total of 53 work-related fatalities in 2020, the highest since 2015. The largest number of fatalities occurred in Agriculture, Forestry…
Today is Workers’ Memorial Day 2020
Today (Wednesday April 28th) is an important date for everyone with an interest in the safety, health and welfare of people at work. It’s the date every year when trade union and employer groups worldwide, as well as individual organisations, remember those who have been killed or injured in work-related accidents. In Ireland the figures…
Report finds that 44% of work-related deaths involve vehicles
According to new figures from the Health & Safety Authority there were 490 work-related deaths recorded between 2010 – 2019. The figures are contained within a new report into work related deaths produced the by the HSA. The results also show that 44% or 217 of these deaths involved vehicles over the years reviewed. Last year…
Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work
The purpose of the Code produced by the Health and Safety Authority is to provide guidance for employers, employees and their representatives on good practice and procedures for identifying, preventing, addressing and resolving issues around workplace bullying. The full document is available here: Code of Practise on Prevention & Resolution of Bullying at Work
Construction Industry Federation endorse a newly developed plan for the management of COVID-19
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has endorsed a newly developed Construction Sector C-19 Standard Operating Procedures. The guide serves as a framework for the management of COVID-19 on a construction site for the duration of the pandemic. The purpose of the document is to protect workers, their families and the community. The document also recognises…
Platinum across three frameworks!
Platinum across three frameworks! Our client Gaeltec Utilities received a Platinum Safety Rating for the 2nd year in a row from ESB Networks across three frameworks in their Annual Contractor Safety Grading. A fantastic achievement! Photograph shows: L – R: Billy Wallace Safety Manager Gaeltec Utilities, Joao Felizardo CEO Gaeltec Utilities, Aoife Trant EHS Director, Trant…
COVID-19 Back to Work Implementation Programme Now Available.
Does your Company require assistance with implementing Covid – 19 Government Guidelines? If so, we can help. We will work with you, determine your needs, develop the plan and implement so that you can get back to doing what you do best and be ready to open for business. What we offer: • COVID-19 Workplace Compliance…
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